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It was an aura, not energy that he felt And yet, Lan Jue felt like so had him by the throat He couldn’t breathe In the face of that aura he was afraid he would he blown apart

But then the faht went out the vacuuan to shake Lan Jue are that this process would have beenBlade’s help After all, this was the product of s! With Captus and its sword-spirit at his side, he need not fear any storm

The essence reacted, too It melted in his hand and spread until it covered Lan Jue’s whole body like an extra layer of skin Soon nothing was left uncovered

Lan Jue was a silhouette of glittering blue The rest light frohter as Captus unleashed it di power The pale blue material vanished in an instant, and all that was left were the sapphire blue dots that peppering his skin Even though, though, reer before they were sucked into his pores

All of a sudden Lan Jue felt his body go nu this upon his ene time since he experienced the discomfort himself

The numbness wasn’t constrained to his body either It penetrated to his consciousness and spirit, flowering toward his chest Thereturned to his liht Even at peak rank, it would have been practically impossible to try and absorb the essence He couldn’t withstand the power it held Thankfully he had Captus and the strong sword-spirit in several generations to give him aid They acted to restrain the essence and bear it in to the body, then seal it so its poould not release all at once Together it made the process survivable

Lan Jue didn’t need to try and coerce or direct it The essence flowed straight for his Core Captus had punctured his Core with the intent of re it fractured Thankfully, this would h the cracks and wor a flood of blinding light The spindle-shaped Core warped under soht now had a pale blue hue that shimmered within, interspersed with pinpricks of darker sapphire light

Lan Jue passively observed as the origin of his Discipline was subtly influenced before his eyes, to where even his protogenia was affected This was certainly not a co Lan Jue had built, and a chance in that comprehension shook him to the pillars of who he was It affected his future potential as a Paragon

His internal energies surged Any h to Paragon This orrisoenic corowth difficult if rushed Once Adepts becaht with theenia would be a part of them forever

What could he do? Lan Jue’s mind raced for a solution

But just then he sensed another light within his chest It was the fah the top of his Core all the way through to the bottoht explode, inexplicably disappeared This was followed by a blinding display of red light that burst out – bringing with it the excruciating pain of the joining

Captus was trying again!

With the thunder essence present to filter and soothe Captus’ chaotic power, the pain was duller The joining proceeded with no further issues

1 Yes I suspect TJSS forgot the spirit was a sword now

2 I believe Da Luo is the nahest Taoist immortals It’s important to re with is in Chinese literature Journey to the West was all about spitting in the face of Taoist belief